Decent Knowledge for Future Directions in the Landscape Management

Abstract

Need in knowledge was and is still immense for the Lake Tumba Landscape. Collecting data to document the biodiversity of and the role of humans in shaping the Lake Tumba Landscape was essential before embarking on any conservation activity. Beyond these primary questions and gross-resolution preliminary studies, however, ecological functions and conditions of the habitats in the landscape were to be studied in a multi-resolution assessment of amphibians, birds, fishes, insects mammals (large and small), and plants. Despite the fact that acquiring fine-tuned data may appear idealistic, the long-term acquisition of the knowledge on these biological and social components is important in setting conservation goals and monitoring targets. The chapter proposes some methods on how to go about these studies and comprehensively addresses gaps in knowledge and provides epistemological reasons why such data should be collected, where and when.